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  1. Key features of the genetic architecture and evolution of host-microbe interactions revealed by high-resolution genetic mapping of the mucosa-associated gut microbiome in hybrid mice

    This article has 9 authors:
    1. Shauni Doms
    2. Hanna Fokt
    3. Malte Christoph Rühlemann
    4. Cecilia J Chung
    5. Axel Kuenstner
    6. Saleh M Ibrahim
    7. Andre Franke
    8. Leslie M Turner
    9. John F Baines
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      Evaluation Summary:

      The paper uses hybrid mouse lines to estimate the heritability of the microbiome and map variants in the mouse genome that are associated with the composition of the microbiome. The findings are of broad interest to microbiome researchers and improve on knowledge in the field, as they focus on mucosa-associated (rather than fecal) microbiome profiles and report a novel correlation between heritability and cospeciation rates. The results are intriguing, but technical and biological confounders are incompletely addressed in the manuscript's present form, potentially leading to surprisingly high estimates of microbiome trait heritability relative to previous work.

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